CONOR McCARTHY, Executive Chairman of Dublin Aerospace has been named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the “Emerging” category.
Conor, who founded Dublin Aerospace in 2009, thanked the staff at Dublin Aerospace and the investors who backed the company in the spring of 2009 when accepting the award on 20th October 2011.
“It was a really difficult time generally, and we had to convince investors that this was a business that could work, despite the difficulties that had beset the aircraft manufacturing business in the previous years.”
Frank O’Keeffe, partner-in-charge of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year commented “Dublin Aerospace represents an industry which many sceptics had doubts about as being either too expensive or too complex from an industrial relations perspective to work successfully in Ireland. However, Conor McCarthy has turned this belief on its head by growing Dublin Aerospace into a hugely successful brand in aircraft maintenance based on the premise of high quality and cost competitiveness.
Note: The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® award is a recognition programme organized globally which recognizes, acclaim and support entrepreneurs. At present, the programme is run in more than 50 countries across six continents. The Irish edition, now in its 14th year, is distinguished as one of the most prominent programme in the world.
To view the awards ceremony please click here and forward to 7:47 & 11:00 minutes.
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